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Freelance professional musicians gather in Parliament Square, London in October 2020, raising awareness of the need for targeted support for freelance musicians during the coronavirus pandemic and calling on the Government to recognise that freelance musicians are an economic asset
by Lamiat Sabin
Parliamentary Reporter
MUSICIANS are warning against performers and their road crews becoming “a political football being kicked around by the UK and the EU” in discussions over visa-free touring.
The Musicians Union (MU) is calling for performers to be exempted from the work-permit requirements imposed by European Union countries now that Britain has left the bloc.
SNP MP Pete Wishart, in an urgent Commons question, called on Culture Minister Caroline Dinenage to account for the impact of the Brexit deal on touring musicians.
The government’s new immigration proposal risks creating a society where rights are earned, not guaranteed, warn feminist groups Project Resist and FiLiA in a joint statement
PAUL W FLEMING is unequivocal that Labour’s unpreparedness and resulting ambiguity on copyright in the creative industries has to be reined in with policies that will reverse the growing abuse by Big Tech AI
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT